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Attaching a lens to your camera - 5D Tutorial
From the course: Canon 5D Mark III Essential Training
Attaching a lens to your camera
One of the great advantages of an SLR, of course, is that you can take the lens off, and put on a different lens. Even if you don't have multiple lenses, though, you still need to know how to attach the lens that came with your camera. If you do have multiple lenses, knowing how to change them quickly and easily is a good skill to have. When you're carrying more than one lens, you're going to want to be able to work quickly to get one off, and the other one on, so that you don't miss a shot. Also, you want to be able to work quickly, because once you open the camera up, then you're exposing the sensor to dust, and that can mess up your image. So it's a good idea to practice this a little bit before you get out in the field. So I have here my camera, and the kit lens that came with it. This is the Canon 24-105. The camera has a body cap on it already, and the lens has this cap here on the body side of the lens. So first thing is, those need to come off. It's pretty simple. They just…
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Exploring basic camera anatomy5m 28s
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Attaching a lens to your camera4m 3s
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Examining batteries and media cards8m 35s
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Powering up1m 49s
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Exploring the menu system2m 53s
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Clearing all settings2m 5s
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Setting the date and time1m 55s
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Setting the language1m 42s
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Formatting the media card3m 4s
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Holding the camera4m 10s
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